Biography of Joseph L. MarquisErie County, NY Biographies

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Marquis, Joseph L., Buffalo, son of Joseph P. and Florence (Chelivot) Marquis, was born in Alsace, France, October
26, 1874. He acquired a liberal education in variotus institutions of learning in his native country and in Switzerland,
and in 1888 emigrated to the United States, settling in Buffalo, N. Y., where he has since resided. In 1890 he
became a draftsman in the architectural office of C. K. Potter & Son, where he remained for five years. In
1895 he engaged in the blue print business on his own account, in which he has been very successful, being proprietor
of the Buffalo Blue Print Company. Mr. Marquis is one of Buffalo's rising young business men of ability and enterprise.

Source:
Our County and its people
A descriptive work on Erie County, New York
Edited by: Truman C. White
The Boston History Company, Publishes 1898